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Recognition for our research

Awards and distinctions

In 2023, many of the projects launched when the C²DH was founded five years ago came to an end. The many national and international awards received stand as testament to scholarly accomplishments and outreach efforts. These accolades recognise pioneering discoveries, innovative methodologies and significant contributions to contemporary and digital history, highlighting the C²DH’s commitment to the pursuit of knowledge and progress in academia and society.

Awards

FNR Awards 2023

 

Outstanding Promotion of Science to the Public: Dominique Santana

C2DH researcher Dominique Santana won the 2023 FNR Award for the project “A Colônia Luxemburguesa”, the first collaboration of its kind in Luxembourg between a researcher and film producers. This transmedia project, the results of which can now be freely viewed online, traced the story of two communities on two continents.

Outstanding Promotion of Science to the Public shortlist

Thomas Cauvin & Joëlla van Donkersgoed for “HistorEsch: Public History Activities in the city of Esch-sur-Alzette” (C2DH, University of Luxembourg)

Outstanding Scientific Achievement shortlist

Frédéric Clavert for “Journal of Digital History” (C2DH, University of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg Design Awards

Gold Award in the “Data Design” category: Framing Luxembourg. A storytelling experiment

This digital exhibition retracing the history of official statistics in Luxembourg won the Gold Award in the “Data Design” category. The exhibition is a timeline that offers a playful presentation of the main statistics linked to some of the milestones in Luxembourg’s history. It is a joint project between the C²DH, STATEC and Paul Zahlen, the author of the related book. The exhibition was co-designed by Daniele Guido, the C²DH’s lead designer and full-stack developer specialising in data visualisation, network visualisation and digital methods.

The jury found that the digital exhibition was visually appealing and user-friendly, and that it was relevant as a tool for both the general public and researchers.

Gold Award in 'Digital Design' and ‘Corporate Design’: ‘A Colônia Luxemburguesa’

This transmedia documentary by Dominique Santana with Samsa Films and the CNA explores a century of shared industrial, cultural and social heritage. The “Explose” agency worked on the design of the project.

Silver Award in the “Digital Design” category: Minett Stories. Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age

The virtual exhibition explores the history and identity of Minett, the industrial region in the south of Luxembourg, in 21 chapters. It was developed in collaboration between the C²DH, the Milanese design studio Calibro and the Bergamo-based software company Inmagik.

 

Design Awards

More nominations and awards: 

REMIX – Remixing Industrial Pasts

  • SHOT Dibner Award 2023 for Excellence in Museum Exhibits for the online exhibition Minett Stories 

"The Dibner committee was impressed by the team’s accomplishment in distilling a large and varied collection of digital assets into a succinct yet detailed online presentation that has both historical and emotional resonance. The essence of the social-historical lens through which the History of Technology is portrayed in Minett Stories is affective seeing, hearing, reading, and learning. The exhibit ‘translates’ a plethora of in-depth research on the rich economic, technical, and cultural history of a region into a cross-media tool for communicating historical scholarship. Easily accessible for a broad spectrum of audiences, the exhibit is theoretically well grounded and reflexive in its innovative methodological approach. For both those who live there and those who have never been to Luxembourg, this exhibit illustrates how a digital exploration of the past and its shifting currents of industry, technology, and culture can result in a satisfying and important learning experience."

  • Nomination of the multimedia exhibition “Remixing Industrial Pasts: Constructing the Identity of the Minett” for the Compasso d’oro 2023 in the “exhibition design” category
Minett Stories wins Dibner Award
Minett Stories wins Dibner Award

Gábor Mihály Tóth from the C2DH was awarded the Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History by the School of Advanced Studies at the University of London for the article “Studying Large-Scale Behavioral Differences in Auschwitz-Birkenau with Simulation of Gendered Narratives”, Digital Humanities Quarterly 16:3 (2022). Authors: Gabor M. Toth (C2DH), Tim Hempel (Microsoft Research), Krishna Somandepalli (Google Research) and Shri Narayanan (USC, Viterbi School of Engineering). 

A Colônia Luxemburguesa

  • Christine Whittaker Prize from the International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST), 2023
  • Finalist of the Numix Prize 2023, Montreal
  • Finalist of the FIAT/IFTA Awards 2023, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Best I-Doc – FINNOF 2023 (Argentina)

Official selection for international film festivals in 2023: 

  • Sheffield International Documentary Festival
  • International Festival of New Nonfiction Narratives (Argentina) ** Awarded “Best I-DOC”
  • Brussels Independent Film Festival
  • Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival (Australia)
  • IZDOC, Izmir International Documentary Festival

C2DH Thinkering Grants 2023

Others

  • Nomination of “Lusitalia” for the European Union’s New European Bauhaus Prize in the category “Regaining a sense of belonging”.  
  • iF Design Award 2023 for the C2DH magazine Innovating & Sharing History.